Landing Report Subtypes

All data are subject to changes and are generated from data uploaded to MARFIS and the Herring Sampling database. Note that quality control checks are performed throughout the season. Some coordinates of landings may be inaccurate

Purse Seine Landings

Figure 1. Overall purse seine catches in quota area.

Figure 1. Overall purse seine catches in quota area.




Figure 2. Overall purse seine offshore banks non-quota catches.

Figure 2. Overall purse seine offshore banks non-quota catches.




Figure 3. Purse seine Landings by month.

Figure 3. Purse seine Landings by month.

Fishing Grounds

German Bank

Figure 4. Purse seine catches for German Bank Fishery.

Figure 4. Purse seine catches for German Bank Fishery.




Figure 5. Gillnet catches for german Bank Fishery.

Figure 5. Gillnet catches for german Bank Fishery.

Scots Bay

Figure 6. Purse seine catches for Scots Bay Fishery.

Figure 6. Purse seine catches for Scots Bay Fishery.

Little Hope

Figure 7. Little Hope Gillnet Catches.

Figure 7. Little Hope Gillnet Catches.

Eastern Shore

Figure 8. Eastern Shore Gillnet Catches.

Figure 8. Eastern Shore Gillnet Catches.

New Brunswick Southwest

Figure 9. Weir Catches for calendar Year (reported by industry).

Figure 9. Weir Catches for calendar Year (reported by industry).

Length Frequency Stats

Overall

Figure 11. Overall herring sampling catch coverage by 10 mile squares. Pie charts show samples size proportions for juvenile (green <23cm) and adult herring (red >=23cm).

Figure 11. Overall herring sampling catch coverage by 10 mile squares. Pie charts show samples size proportions for juvenile (green <23cm) and adult herring (red >=23cm).

Gear

Figure 12. Herring length frequency samples by gear.

Figure 12. Herring length frequency samples by gear.




Figure 13. Herring length frequency samples by gear by month.

Figure 13. Herring length frequency samples by gear by month.

Fishing Ground

Figure 14. Herring length frequency samples by fishing ground.

Figure 14. Herring length frequency samples by fishing ground.

Fishing Ground by month

Figure 15. Herring length frequency samples by fishing ground by month.

Figure 15. Herring length frequency samples by fishing ground by month.

Landing Statistics

Table 1

Table 1: Herring landings by area, gear, and month

Complex Area Gear Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
SWNS/BoF 4X GILL NET 0 0 0 0 0 3 60 52 708 68 0 0 890
SWNS/BoF 4X PURSE SEINE 0 0 0 0 373 2379 4053 2309 4847 2918 78 0 16957
SWNS/BoF 4X SHUT OFF 74 87 0 0 61 0 457 364 54 49 0 0 1144
SWNS/BoF 4X UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 65 0 0 0 115
SWNS/BoF 4X WEIR 0 0 0 9 9 45 169 372 619 90 0 0 1312
Coastal Cape Breton GILL NET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal Eastern Shore GILL NET 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 354 1748 0 0 2130
Coastal South Shore GILL NET 0 0 0 0 0 20 328 150 2356 3015 0 0 5870
Coastal Cape Breton HAND LINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal Eastern Shore HAND LINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Coastal South Shore HAND LINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal South Shore PURSE SEINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 74
Coastal South Shore SHUT OFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
Offshore Offshore GILL NET 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 57 265 0 0 344
Offshore Offshore PURSE SEINE 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
All 4VWX 74 87 0 9 522 2447 5149 3337 9061 8157 78 0 28921

Table 2

Table 2: Herring length sampling summary by month, gear and fishing ground with average weight, mean length and length range by grouping. Data for number of samples, number of fish measured, sampled catch weight (t) and estimated catch numbers (thousands) for the sampled catch. Average weight is based on sampled catch and the estimated sampled catch numbers.

Month Gear Fishing Ground No. Samp. No. Meas. Cat. Samp.(t) Cat. No.(1000s) Avg. Wt.(g) Min. Len. Avg. Len. Max. Len.
May Purse Seine Offshore 1 150 65 403 161.1 25.5 28.5 32.0
May Purse Seine Scots Bay 8 1,386 373 2,355 158.4 24.5 28.3 32.0
June Purse Seine Gannet Dry Ledge 1 222 12 84 143.5 23.0 27.6 30.5
June Purse Seine Grand Manan 2 352 50 969 51.6 16.0 19.4 27.5
June Purse Seine Long Island 13 2,401 306 2,308 132.6 15.5 26.5 32.5
June Purse Seine Scots Bay 36 6,462 1,485 9,587 154.9 17.5 28.3 32.5
June Purse Seine Trinity 16 2,944 358 3,733 95.9 16.5 23.4 35.0
July Purse Seine Grand Manan 14 2,760 443 4,171 106.2 17.0 23.4 32.5
July Purse Seine Grand Manan Banks 87 16,784 1,824 27,305 66.8 15.5 20.6 32.5
July Purse Seine Long Island 34 6,789 1,108 19,507 56.8 15.0 19.8 30.0
July Purse Seine Scots Bay 19 3,564 855 4,703 181.8 17.5 28.3 32.5
July Purse Seine South Shore 1 214 74 1,336 55.4 17.5 19.8 24.0
July Purse Seine Trinity 2 369 20 342 58.5 16.5 20.1 25.0
August Purse Seine German Bank 21 4,098 619 4,917 125.9 18.5 24.8 33.5
August Purse Seine Grand Manan 32 6,079 760 12,331 61.6 16.5 20.3 30.5
August Purse Seine Long Island 21 4,140 743 15,675 47.4 16.0 18.9 27.5
August Purse Seine Scots Bay 5 908 65 363 178.9 15.0 28.2 32.5
August Purse Seine Seal Island 2 377 81 499 162.2 20.5 27.3 31.5
September Gillnet Gannet Dry Ledge 5 675 37 253 147.3 16.0 26.6 32.0
September Gillnet South Shore 2 300 20 95 210.5 26.5 30.2 33.0
September Purse Seine Gannet Dry Ledge 1 153 0 0 184.9 25.0 28.6 30.5
September Purse Seine German Bank 29 5,331 1,376 7,196 191.3 21.0 28.8 34.0
September Purse Seine Grand Manan 13 2,509 546 9,333 58.5 16.0 20.1 29.0
September Purse Seine Long Island 8 1,493 172 1,760 97.9 18.0 23.0 34.0
September Purse Seine NB Coastal 1 154 45 251 177.7 23.5 28.1 33.0
September Purse Seine Seal Island 63 11,809 2,765 15,052 183.7 22.0 28.4 34.0
September Weir German Bank 1 222 46 246 184.7 25.5 29.1 32.0
October Gillnet South Shore 2 271 38 206 184.6 25.5 30.3 33.0
October Purse Seine German Bank 22 4,130 1,147 7,241 158.4 23.0 28.9 33.0
October Purse Seine Grand Manan 14 2,737 731 10,250 71.3 14.0 20.6 25.0
October Purse Seine Long Island 2 389 45 591 76.2 18.0 21.3 25.5
October Purse Seine NB Coastal 30 5,754 1,038 13,989 74.2 14.0 21.0 27.0
October Purse Seine Seal Island 2 376 139 855 162.5 24.0 29.2 33.0
October Purse Seine South Shore 1 134 21 120 177.8 27.5 30.4 33.0

Table 3

Table 3: Herring length sampling summary by month, gear and fishing ground with percent catch numbers by size groups for <15cm (~6 inch), <18cm (~7 inch), <23cm and >=23cm (adult). Data for the number of samples, sampled catch weight (t), estimated catch weight (t) <23cm and estimated catch numbers (thousands) for the sampled catch. Average weight is based on sampled catch and the estimated sampled catch numbers.

Month Gear Fishing Ground No. Samp. No. Meas. Cat. Samp.(t) Catch t <23cm No. <LT 15cm No. <LT 18cm %Adult >=23cm %Adult >=30cm
5 Purse Seine Offshore 1 65 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 15.3
5 Purse Seine Scots Bay 8 373 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 7.4
6 Purse Seine Gannet Dry Ledge 1 12 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1.8
6 Purse Seine Grand Manan 2 50 45 0.0 15.6 94.3 5.7 0.0
6 Purse Seine Long Island 13 306 27 0.0 2.6 15.4 84.6 4.9
6 Purse Seine Scots Bay 36 1,485 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 99.9 8.7
6 Purse Seine Trinity 16 358 150 0.0 1.8 51.7 48.3 3.8
7 Purse Seine Grand Manan 14 443 203 0.0 0.7 50.0 50.0 4.4
7 Purse Seine Grand Manan Banks 87 1,824 1302 0.0 3.6 82.9 17.1 0.4
7 Purse Seine Long Island 34 1,108 937 0.0 4.6 92.2 7.8 0.0
7 Purse Seine Scots Bay 19 855 2 0.0 0.0 0.6 99.4 13.0
7 Purse Seine South Shore 1 74 72 0.0 1.9 98.1 1.9 0.0
7 Purse Seine Trinity 2 20 18 0.0 1.6 95.4 4.6 0.0
8 Purse Seine German Bank 21 619 160 0.0 0.0 37.2 62.8 14.0
8 Purse Seine Grand Manan 32 760 629 0.0 1.9 91.8 8.2 0.1
8 Purse Seine Long Island 21 743 739 0.0 5.9 99.7 0.3 0.0
8 Purse Seine Scots Bay 5 65 0 0.0 0.1 0.9 99.1 20.6
8 Purse Seine Seal Island 2 81 1 0.0 0.0 3.7 96.3 3.4
9 Gillnet Gannet Dry Ledge 5 37 11 0.0 4.9 16.0 84.0 15.4
9 Gillnet South Shore 2 20 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 66.3
9 Purse Seine Gannet Dry Ledge 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 28.8
9 Purse Seine German Bank 29 1,376 6 0.0 0.0 0.5 99.5 34.5
9 Purse Seine Grand Manan 13 546 525 0.0 3.4 97.1 2.9 0.0
9 Purse Seine Long Island 8 172 73 0.0 0.0 67.9 32.1 7.5
9 Purse Seine NB Coastal 1 45 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 26.0
9 Purse Seine Seal Island 63 2,765 1 0.0 0.0 0.1 99.9 27.6
9 Weir German Bank 1 46 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 32.4
10 Gillnet South Shore 2 38 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 70.5
10 Purse Seine German Bank 22 1,147 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 31.6
10 Purse Seine Grand Manan 14 731 688 0.1 3.4 94.0 6.0 0.0
10 Purse Seine Long Island 2 45 38 0.0 0.0 87.4 12.6 0.0
10 Purse Seine NB Coastal 30 1,038 904 0.1 2.4 89.7 10.3 0.0
10 Purse Seine Seal Island 2 139 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 40.4
10 Purse Seine South Shore 1 21 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 78.4

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